noun lees; dregs.
2. addle ·noun liquid filth; mire.
3. addle ·vt & ·vi to earn by labor.
4. addle ·vt & ·vi to thrive or grow; to ripen.
5. addle ·vt & ·vi to make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
6. addle ·adj having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. hence: unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.